Machine for molding tile-faced block.



W. P. MEEKER & M. s. DRAKE.

MACHINE FOR MOLDING TILE FAGED BLOCKS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 12, 1908.

Patented Nov. 23, 1909.

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WILLIAM PA SSMORE MEEKER, 0F MAPLEWOOD, AND MAI- LON S. DRAKE, 0FNEWARK,

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MACHINE FOR MOLDING TILE-FACED BLOCKS.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM PASSMORE MEEKER and MAHLON S. DRAKE,citizens of the United States, and residing, respectively, in Maplewoodand Newark, New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements inMachines for Molding Tile-Faced Blocks, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to machines which are intended for molding blocksof cement or similar material onto facing tile; and our improvementsconsist in the particulars hereinafter pointed out and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan View of our improved machine, thelegs being omitted and a tile and block being shown in the right handcompartment and a curved tile in the left hand compartment; Fig. 2 is afront elevation of the machine with the front lowered; Fig. 4 is an endelevation; and Fig. 3 is an end View of the movable bottom with a moldedtile-faced block on it.

The same parts are referred to by corresponding reference letters in allthe figures.

The bed A of the machine is supported upon suitable legs B B, and has atop C, provided with cores 0 c, fastened to it, the top being attachedto the bed A by suitable fastenings as for instance screws a.

A movable mold-bottom or pallet L is pro vided with suitable openings ZZ to permit the cores 0 c to pass up through it, and with a base flangeZ which rests upon the top C of the machine. The front D is attached tothe bed by suitable hinges (Z (Z placed below the level of the movablebottom L and it is also provided with interior projections as e 6adapted to support curved or irregularly bent tiles in position, and italso has suitable fastening devices, as the latch pins, d d. by which itmay be locked fast to the movable back when the front and back of the machine are closed into position for use.

The back G is attached by suitable hinges g g to the bed of the machineon the same plane as the hinges (Z (Z, and it is provided with suitablepartitions as h h, which divide the machine into the desired number ofmolding spaces.

The form shown in the drawings is designed to make four different stylesof blocks, viz: the long double-cored block, the square block, a shortround-cornered or bull-nosed block, and a long round-cornered block. Butit will be readily under- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 12, 1908.

Patented Nov. 23, 1909.

Serial No. 420,607.

stood that this arrangement of the spaces of the machine maybe modifiedas occasion demands.

A flat facing tile M and a curved tile N are also shown in Fig. l as inposition in the machine; and in Figs. 1 and 3 the flat tile and cementblock are also shown.

The partitions h h are tapered from above downward, and, preferably,from the back forward, in order to make them draw more readily from thecement when the machine is opened after the blocks have been moldedtherein; and this same principle of tapering is preferably applied tothe inside of the ends H H, which are also attached to the back G, andare carried by it. The central partition is shown as having its forwardend resting in a small groove in the front D, and this principle may beapplied to the other partitions if desired. These ends are provided withsuitable locking devices for securing them to the front D. In thedrawings we have shown the ends as provided with lugs 70, between andbelow which is pivoted a latch Iwhich is provided with a heel to engagewith the lug 70 so as to prevent the latch from dropping lower thandesired, while, when the latch I is raised so as to clear the pin cZ,its back will engage with the lug j so that the latch may be used as ahandle to turn over the back of the machine in the position indicated bythe broken lines in Fig. 4, when it will rest upon and be supported by asuitable bracket a attached to the bed A.

In use the operation of our machine is as follows. The back G with itsends and partitions is closed down and the front D locked fast to it asshown in Figs. 1 and 4, and the facing tiles provided with suitableundercut portions as m m and m m are placed in position. The mold spacesare then filled with a suitable cement as O which is pressed down andflattened OE, and the machine may then be opened by raising the latch I,throwing over the back G and dropping the front D into the positionshown by the broken lines in Fig. 4. 'The bottom L is then raised,stripping the molded blocks from the cores 0 c, and the blocks may thenbe left upon the bottom L to set, or they may be removed atonce, ifdesired.

Having thus described our invention what we claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States is 1. In a machine for moldingtile-faced blocks, the combination of a bed having tapered coresthereupon, a vertically removable mold-bottom provided with coreapertures therethrough, a front and a back provided with ends and withintermediate partitions tapered from above downward and hinged to thebed below the level of the mold-bottom and a lock for securing the frontand back together.

2. In a machine for molding tile-faced blocks, the combination of a bedhaving tapered cores thereupon, a vertically removable mold-bottomprovided with core apertures therethrough, a front and a back providedwith ends and with intermediate partitions vertically and longitudinallytapered and hinged to the bed below the level of the mold-bottom and alock for securing the front and back together.

3. In a machine for molding tile-faced blocks, the combination of a bedhaving tapered cores thereupon, a vertically removable mold-bottoinprovided with core apertures therethrough, a front and a back providedwith ends beveled on their inner faces and with intermediate partitionsand hinged to the bed below the level of the mold-bottom and a lock forsecuring the front and back together.

4. In a machine for molding tile-faced blocks, the combination of a bedhaving a detachable top provided with cores thereupon, a verticallyremovable mold-bottom provided with core apertures therethrough, a frontprovided with latch pins and a back provided with intermediatepartitions tapered longitudinally and vertically and with ends beveledon their inner faces and provided on their outer faces with stop lugsand latches provided with extended handle ends and pivoted to said endsand adapted to engage with said latch pins, substantially as described.

WILLIAM PASSMORE MEEKER. MAHLON S. DRAKE.

lVitnesses ROLAND HARRIS, F. C. RUMMEL.

